>Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. will debut its Westin Hotels brand in Panama with two new properties slated to open in the next two years. The Westin Playa Bonita Panama will open in 2011, followed by the opening of The Westin Panama Hotel in 2012 in the heart of Panama City's Costa del Este business district.
The hotels will be operated as franchised properties under an agreement between Starwood and Bern Hotels & Resorts Panama. Starwood previously partnered with Bern to open Le Méridien Panama in September 2009.
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